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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
I've listened to this thing many times over the years and I found the fidelity upgrade really profound. Might just be my ears, of course. But I was really delighted.
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
Yup, definitely sounds better. You'd be surprised of the big difference between 128kbps to 256kbps. The lower the kbps the more crushed and claustrophobic it sounds. The rip we had cut off around 16khz, this one goes to 21khz. It makes a difference.
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
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And this is old news, but 128 to 256 mbs is not that discernible an improvement: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...-256-kbps.html
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Personally i'm used to the 128, but of course higher can sound better.
I've never been an audiophile. So even uncompressed 192/48 bluray audio is better, but I don't have the equipment for it. I used to listen to things on headphones a lot more in the 90's, and 00's. But in the 10's, and 20's, i usually just listen on the computer, or in the car. So, all this audio improvement isnt really that noticeable. And I don't have that great of an audio system in my car (or previous one). I had a ghetto USB speaker system that I used to hook up to my phone for playback. Currently I am using car speakers, hooked up to a USB (Cassette player shaped) MP3 player (that uses microSD cards - how retro is that). I got tired of choosing playlists through my phone, so I custom select tracks for the microSD card, and switch them like albums or short playlists on the USB player. convoluted, i know. but it works for me. later -1 Last edited by negative1; 07-12-2020 at 11:47 AM. |
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As for headphones, I have Audio Technica ATH-M50Xs. For home stereo listening, I use my studio computer with a Roland MX-1 24/96 audio interface/mixer into Tannoy Reveal 802 studio monitors, which sound lovely. |
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Re: Saved from the cutting room floor mix* - Underworld vs The Misterons
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i don't think i ever want to listen to bluetooth audio, or wireless. its just sounds like a hassle. one of the reason i still use an ancient windows 7 phone, is it has a headphone jack, and outputs at full volume to headphones and speakers. i have a newer phone that i don't use that has a headphone jack, but the output is terrible. later -1 |
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I've done listening tests and I can't tell the difference between 256kbps mp3 and FLAC, so going a step further into 24/48 and such would be a total waste of time and money for me. I'm much more interested in the tunes than the sound quality over a certain point anyway.
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But I really shouldn't have entered the fray...I was a 21 year old grad student listening to a CD player while the 18 year olds had new iPods. Old fart! I was fine with whatever bitrate I could download freely as long as it was listenable. I'm still pissed that my 2017 model car has no CD player and I have to rip to a USB (Bluetooth is poop). Where's the spontaneity of picking a daily album to listen to on your commute? But I get it, we want and expect a certain quality now. Sure, I don't want to listen to music that sounds like crap. But as I said above, the latest remasters are often unlistenable, too. And as a producer, I'm very appreciative of anything released for free. Look, if you first heard "Born Slippy" on a dubbed cassette, a FLAC file might make your week. Or, you might always associate that first listen with the fidelity of it's time. I'm not interested in debating which "sounds better". Our listening experiences are unique. By the way, been listening to digital versions of tracks from artists I first heard on some lo fi cassette dubs. Yeah, I hear new elements, but mostly I just enjoy the rediscovery and nostalgia. Upgrades are nice but the format debate is old and boring.
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